ECAC men's basketball tournaments

The ECAC men's basketball tournaments are postseason college basketball tournaments organized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).

Despite its name, the ECAC is not a traditional athletic conference, but rather a loosely organized sports federation for colleges and universities in the northeastern United States. Among other things, it organizes end-of-season college basketball tournaments for member schools which are not members of a traditional conference, or which do not otherwise have access to such a tournament. At various times, it has organized end-of-season basketball tournaments at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, Division II, and Division III levels.

Division I

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From 1975 to 1981, the ECAC organized annual regional end-of-season men's basketball tournaments for independent Division I ECAC member colleges and universities in the Northeastern United States. The winner of each regional tournament was declared the ECAC regional champion for the season and received an automatic bid in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[1]

Before 1975, the ECAC had not organized such tournaments for Division I schools; the NCAA tournament invited only one team per Division I conference and accommodated independents with a limited number of at-large bids. In 1975, however, the NCAA tournament's field expanded to 32 teams, including the champions of end-of-season conference tournaments, who received automatic bids. Although a number of at-large bids still existed, the process for selecting the field for the 1975 NCAA tournament included many second-place conference teams and threatened to exclude independent schools in the northeastern United States, which had no end-of-season conference tournament to play in and therefore no automatic bids. With no conventional athletic conferences yet in existence in the Northeast, the ECAC began to organize its Division I basketball tournaments in 1975, allowing Northeastern independents to retain their independent status while still having an opportunity to play in an end-of-season tournament offering an automatic bid. The ECAC Division I tournaments thus assured that at least some Northeastern colleges and universities would receive NCAA tournament bids.[2][3]

In both 1975 and 1976, the ECAC organized four regional Division I tournaments: Metro (for the New York City area and New Jersey); New England; South (for Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.); and Upstate (for Upstate New York). As Eastern independent colleges and universities began to join existing conferences or form new ones and play in their own end-of-season conference tournaments, the number of ECAC regional tournaments declined due to reduced demand for them. After the formation of the Eastern Collegiate Basketball League (which later became the Atlantic 10 Conference), the ECAC combined its Southern and Upstate Regions into a single "Southern" (later "Upstate-Southern" and "South-Upstate") Region and held only three regional tournaments in 1977, 1978, and 1979. After the teams that played in the New England region all joined the Big East Conference, the Atlantic 10 Conference, or the new ECAC North Conference (which later became the America East Conference), the ECAC also did away with its New England tournament, and in 1980 and 1981 it held only two tournaments, Metro and Southern.[2][3][4][5][6]

After the conclusion of play in 1981, some of the teams in the Metro Region formed the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and others formed the ECAC Metro Conference (which later became the Northeast Conference), while the ECAC South Region teams formed the ECAC South Conference (which later became the Colonial Athletic Association and later still the Coastal Athletic Association). With all the former independents in the northeastern United States having joined a traditional conference holding its own end-of-season tournament, and with the National Invitation Tournament providing a means of postseason tournament play for Division I teams not invited to the NCAA tournament, the ECAC had no reason to continue its Division I basketball tournament series, and it ceased to organize such tournaments after 1981.[6][7]

1975 tournaments

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National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

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Sources[3]

Champions
Metro: #20 Rutgers
New England: Boston College
Southern: Georgetown
Upstate: Syracuse

Brackets

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Sources[3][8]
Metro

Semifinals,
March 6, 1975
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Finals,
March 8, 1975
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
      
  St. John's 76
  Seton Hall 64
St. John's 77
#20 Rutgers 79
  Saint Peter's 63
  #20 Rutgers 80 Third place
Seton Hall 75
Saint Peter's 79

New England

Semifinals,
March 6, 1975
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
Finals,
March 8, 1975
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
      
  Connecticut 58
  Boston College 68
Boston College 69
Holy Cross 55
  Providence 55
  Holy Cross 62 Third place
Connecticut 83
Providence 108

Southern

Semifinals, March 7, 1975
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
Finals,
March 8, 1975
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
      
  George Washington 59
  Georgetown 66
Georgetown 62
West Virginia 61
  West Virginia 75
  Pittsburgh 73 Third place
George Washington 64
Pittsburgh 89

Upstate

Semifinals, March 7, 1975
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
Finals,
March 8, 1975
Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
      
  St. Bonaventure 78
  Fairfield 73
Saint Bonaventure 81
Syracuse 100
  Niagara 72
  Syracuse 90 Third place
Fairfield 67
Niagara 72

1976 tournaments

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National rankings indicated.
Sources[4][9]

Regional champions

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Champions
Metro:: #3 Rutgers
New England: Connecticut
Southern: Georgetown
Upstate: Syracuse

Brackets

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Metro

Semifinals,
March 4, 1976
Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ
Finals,
March 6, 1976
Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton, NJ
      
  #14 St. John's 75
  St. Peter's 67
#14 St. John's 67
#3 Rutgers 70
  #3 Rutgers 104
  Long Island-Brooklyn 76 Third place
Saint Peter's 76
Long Island-Brooklyn 65

New England

Semifinals, March 4, 1976
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
Finals,
March 6, 1976
Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA
      
  Connecticut 73
  Massachusetts 69
Connecticut 87
Providence 73
  Providence 64
  Holy Cross 61 Third place
Massachusetts 75
Holy Cross 88

Southern

Semifinals, March 5, 1976
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
Finals,
March 7, 1976
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
      
  Georgetown 72
  Villanova 59
Georgetown 68
George Washington 63
  George Washington 99
  West Virginia 97 Third place
Villanova 64
West Virginia 87

Upstate

Semifinals, March 4, 1976
Manley Field House, Syracuse, NY
Finals,
March 6, 1976
Manley Field House, Syracuse, NY
      
  St. Bonaventure 66
  Niagara 67
Niagara 68
Syracuse 77
  Manhattan 57
  Syracuse 83 Third place
St. Bonaventure 84
Manhattan 74

1977 tournaments

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National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

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Sources[10][11]

Champions
Metro:: St. John's
New England: Holy Cross
Southern: #13 Syracuse

Brackets

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Source[10][12][13]
Metro

Semifinals, March 3, 1977
Campus sites
(see note)
Finals,
March 5, 1977
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
      
  Manhattan 64
  St. John's 73
St. John's 83
Seton Hall 73
  Army 71
  Seton Hall 77 Third place
Manhattan 62
Army 64

Note: The Manhattan-St. John's semifinal game was held at Rose Hill Gymnasium, Bronx, NY. The Army-Seton Hall semifinal game took place at Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ.[13]

New England

Semifinals, March 3, 1977
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
Finals,
March 5, 1977
Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT
      
  Connecticut 77
  Holy Cross 89
Holy Cross 68
#8 Providence 67
  Fairfield 31
  #8 Providence 44 Third place
Connecticut 72
Fairfield 66

The 1977 New England Tournament's semifinal games contrasted with one another greatly: Holy Cross, led by freshman guard Ronnie Perry, played a hard, physical game – with 45 free throws in the second half, 24 by Holy Cross and 21 by Connecticut – to defeat Connecticut 89-77, while Providence, led by senior guard Joe Hassett, found its offense lacking and used tough defensive play to overcome Fairfield 44-31. The much-anticipated championship game that followed – a rematch of the December 1976 Colonial Classic final played at the Boston Garden, in which Holy Cross had handed Providence one of only three losses the Friars suffered all season on a game-winning last-second shot by the Crusaders' Chris Potter – was played before a sold-out crowd at the Hartford Civic Center and was one of the greatest games in the eight-season history of the ECAC Division I tournaments. With less than a minute to play and his team behind, Holy Cross's Michael Vicens stole the ball along his own end line and raced down the court to score on a reverse dunk. This energized both the crowd and the Holy Cross players and swung the game's momentum in favor of Holy Cross. The Crusaders got the ball with less than 10 seconds to go, and Potter scored on an 18-foot (5.5-meter) jumper with five seconds remaining to again give Holy Cross a win, 68-67. Holy Cross thus won an automatic bid to the 1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and made its first appearance in that tournament since 1956. Providence also reached the NCAA tournament via an at-large bid.[14]

Southern

Semifinals, February 28, 1977
Campus sites
(see note)
Finals,
March 3, 1977
Old Dominion University Fieldhouse,
Norfolk, VA
      
  St. Bonaventure 72
  #13 Syracuse 85
#13 Syracuse 67
Old Dominion 64
  Old Dominion 80
  Georgetown 58

Note: The St. Bonaventure-Syracuse semifinal game was held at Manley Field House, Syracuse, NY. The Old Dominion-Georgetown semifinal game took place at McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC.

1978 tournaments

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National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

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Sources[15][16]

Champions
Metro:: St. John's
New England: Rhode Island
Upstate-Southern: St. Bonaventure

Brackets

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[15] Metro

Semifinals, March 3, 1978
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Finals,
March 5, 1978
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
      
  St. John's 83
  Iona 80
St. John's 65
Army 63
  Army 81
  Seton Hall 79

New England

Semifinals, March 3, 1978
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
Finals,
March 5, 1978
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
      
  #18 Providence 71
  Holy Cross 67
#18 Providence 62
Rhode Island 65
  Rhode Island 71
  Fairfield 69

Upstate-Southern

Semifinals, March 2, 1978
See note for locations
Finals,
March 5, 1978
Rochester Community War Memorial,
Rochester, NY
      
  St. Bonaventure 70
  #14 Syracuse 69
St. Bonaventure 63
Virginia Commonwealth 61
  Virginia Commonwealth 88
  #17 Georgetown 75

Note: The St. Bonaventure-Syracuse semifinal game was held at the Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY. The Virginia Commonwealth-Georgetown game took place at McDonough Gymnasium, Washington, DC.

1979 tournaments

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National rankings indicated.

Regional champions

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Source[5][17]

Champions
Metro:: Iona
New England: Connecticut
South-Upstate: #16 Georgetown

Brackets

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Sources[5][17]
Metro

Semifinals, March 1, 1979
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Final,
March 3, 1979
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
      
  Iona 80
  Seton Hall 73
Iona 83
St. John's 57
  St. John's 86
  Wagner 82

New England

Semifinals, March 1, 1979
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
Finals,
March 3, 1979
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
      
  Connecticut 91
  Boston College 74
Connecticut 58
Rhode Island 50
  Rhode Island 75
  Holy Cross 71

South-Upstate

Semifinals,
February 28, 1979
Finals,
March 3, 1979
Cole Field House, College Park, MD
      
  #6 Syracuse 87
  St. Bonaventure 71
#6 Syracuse 58
#16 Georgetown 66
  #16 Georgetown 73
  Old Dominion 52

Note: Syracuse-St. Bonaventure semifinal game was played at Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY. Georgetown-Old Dominion semifinal game was played in Cole Field House, College Park, MD.

1980 tournaments

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Regional champions

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Source[18]

Champions
Metro:: Iona
South: Old Dominion

Brackets

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Sources[18][19]
Metro

Quarterfinals
February 28
Semifinals
February 29
Championship
March 1
         
Iona 69
Fairleigh Dickinson 53
Iona 76
Siena 70
Siena 80
Long Island University 78
Iona 64
Saint Peter's 46
Fordham 73
Wagner 67
Fordham 47
Saint Peter's 65
Saint Peter's 54
Fairfield 42
Notes

Conference did not play a formal schedule

South

Quarterfinals
Thursday, February 28
Semifinals
Friday, February 29
Championship
Saturday, March 1
         
1 Old Dominion 112
8 Catholic 59
1 Old Dominion 75
5 William & Mary 59
5 William & Mary 78
4 Richmond 77
1 Old Dominion 62
3 Navy 51
3 Navy 51
6 Baltimore 50
3 Navy 75
7 St. Francis (PA) 62
7 St. Francis (PA) 58
2 James Madison 54

1981 tournaments

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Regional champions

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Source[6]

Champions
Metro:: Long Island-Brooklyn
South: James Madison

Brackets

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Sources[6][20]
Metro

Quarterfinals, March 2, 1981
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Semifinals, March 5, 1981
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Finals,
March 7, 1981
Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
6 Iona 41
6 Iona 64 2 Saint Peter's 38
3 Siena 48 6 Iona 72
5 Long Island-Brooklyn 77
5 Long Island-Brooklyn 85
5 Long Island-Brooklyn 89 1 Fordham 78
4 Wagner 78

South

Quarterfinals, March 3, 1981
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Semifinals, March 5, 1981
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Finals,
March 7, 1981
Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
3 William & Mary 42
6 Robert Morris 50 2 James Madison 44
3 William & Mary 73 2 James Madison 69
5 Richmond 60
5 Richmond 79
5 Richmond 98 1 Old Dominion 77
4 Saint Francis 78

Divisions II and III

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Combined Division II/III tournaments

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The ECAC organized combined Division II/Division III men's basketball tournaments annually from 1973 to 1980 as invitational events for ECAC teams not invited to the NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament or – after it began in 1975 – the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament. From 1973 through 1975 and from 1977 through 1980, it held four regional tournaments – Metro (for the New York City area and New Jersey), New England, Southern (for schools south of New York and New Jersey), and Upstate (for Upstate New York) – each year, while in 1976 it held only three tournaments (Metro, New England, and Upstate).[1]

After 1980, the ECAC divided the Division II and Division III competitions, placing the Division II competitions on hiatus until 1988 and beginning Division III-only tournaments in 1981.[1]

Year ECAC Division II/III regional champions[1]
1973 Metro:: Brooklyn
New England: Tufts
Southern: East Stroudsburg
Upstate: Union
1974 Metro:: Trenton State
New England: Brandeis
Southern: Cheyney
Upstate: Brockport State
1975 Metro:: Bridgeport
New England: Quinnipiac
Southern: Bloomsburg
Upstate: Union
1976 Metro:: Upsala
New England: Amherst
Southern: No tournament
Upstate: Hamilton
1977 Metro:: Kean
New England: Quinnipiac
Southern: Mansfield
Upstate: Potsdam State
1978 Metro:: Trenton State
New England: Quinnipiac
Southern: Loyola Maryland
Upstate: Albany
1979 Metro:: Monmouth
New England: Sacred Heart
Southern: East Stroudsburg
Upstate: Hamilton
1980 Metro:: Monmouth
New England: Saint Anselm
Southern: Mansfield
Upstate: Elmira

Division II tournaments

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After 1980, the ECAC placed Division II end-of-season tournament competition on hiatus until 1988. From 1988 through 2005 it organized a single annual Division II men's basketball tournament as an invitational event for Division II ECAC teams not invited to that year's NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament. No tournament took place in 2006, but the ECAC held it twice more, in 2007 and 2008. The Division II tournament again went on hiatus from 2009 through 2013, thanks to various factors including an expansion of the NCAA Men's Division II Tournament field and a decline in the number of Division II men's basketball programs associated with the ECAC. A Division II tournament took place in 2014, but the tournament again went on hiatus after that.[1]

Year ECAC Division II Champions[1]
1988 Dowling
1989 Merrimack
1990 Pace
1991 Pace
1992 Millersville
1993 Saint Rose
1994 Adelphi
1995 New York Tech
1996 Saint Michael's
1997 UMass Lowell
1998 Merrimack
1999 Merrimack
2000 Saint Michael's
2001 Saint Rose
2002 Southampton
2003 Mansfield
2004 Felician
2005 Bridgeport
2006 no tournament
2007 Goldey–Beacom
2008 Saint Vincent
2009-2013 no tournament
2014 Lincoln
2015-present no tournament

Division III tournaments

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After its last combined Division II/III regional tournaments in 1980, the ECAC split Division II and Division III tournament competition. In 1981, it held its first Division III-only postseason regional invitational men's basketball tournaments for ECAC teams not invited to the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament, and these have occurred annually ever since. The ECAC organized these tournaments regionally, holding Metro (for the New York City area and New Jersey), New England, and Upstate (for Upstate New York) tournaments from 1981 to 1985 and adding a Southern tournament (for schools south of New York and New Jersey) in 1986. In 2013, the ECAC returned to a three-tournament structure, holding Metro, New England, and Southern regional tournaments, while in 2014 it had four tournaments (Metro, New England, Southeast, and Southwest).[1][21] In 2015 and 2016, it again had a three-tournament structure, with New England, Metro, and South tournaments.[22] In 2017, it changed format again, becoming a single tournament which determined a single ECAC Division III champion.[23][24][25][26] No tournament took place in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the tournament resumed in 2022.[27][28][29]

Year ECAC Division III regional champions[1][21]
1981 Metro:: Jersey City State
New England: Massachusetts Maritime
Upstate: Hamilton
1982 Metro:: New Jersey Tech
New England: Tufts
Upstate: Hamilton
1983 Metro:: Jersey City State
New England: Rhode Island College
Upstate: Hamilton
1984 Metro:: Moravian
New England: Trinity
Upstate: Hamilton
1985 Metro:: New Jersey Tech
New England: Trinity
Upstate: Fredonia State
1986 Metro:: Staten Island
New England: Trinity
Southern: Catholic
Upstate: Hamilton
1987 Metro:: Old Westbury State
New England: Williams
Southern: Mary Washington
Upstate: Hamilton
1988 Metro:: New Jersey Tech
New England: Saint Anselm
Southern: Frostburg State
Upstate: Geneseo State
1989 Metro:: Kean
New England: Trinity
Southern: Ursinus
Upstate: Albany
1990 Metro:: Stony Brook
New England: Colby
Southern: Allentown
Upstate: Hamilton
1991 Metro:: Medgar Evers
New England: Colby
Southern: Lebanon Valley
Upstate: Potsdam State
1992 Metro:: Glassboro State
New England: Brandeis
Southern: Dickinson
Upstate: Hamilton
1993 Metro:: Jersey City State
New England: Colby
Southern: Lincoln
Upstate: Rochester Tech
1994 Metro:: Jersey City State
New England: Western Connecticut State
Southern: Lincoln
Upstate: Elmira
1995 Metro:: Kean
New England: Amherst
Southern: Alvernia
Upstate: Fredonia State
1996 Metro:: Rutgers-Newark
New England: Amherst
Southern: Lincoln
Upstate: Oneonta State
1997 Metro:: Drew
New England: Eastern Nazarene
Southern: Johns Hopkins
Upstate: Nazareth
1998 Metro:: York (NY)
New England: Colby–Sawyer
Southern: Lebanon Valley
Upstate: Plattsburgh State
1999 Metro:: Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison
New England: Williams
Southern: Penn State-Behrend
Upstate: New Paltz State
2000 Metro:: Montclair State
New England: Tufts
Southern: King's (Pa.)
Upstate: Ithaca
2001 Metro:: New Jersey City
New England: Williams
Southern: Lebanon Valley
Upstate: Geneseo State
2002 Metro:: Ramapo
New England: Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Southern: Franklin & Marshall
Upstate: St. Lawrence
2003 Metro:: Baruch
New England: Babson
Southern: Franklin & Marshall
Upstate: Rochester Tech
2004 Metro:: Ramapo
New England: Western Connecticut State
Southern: Lebanon Valley
Upstate: Geneseo State
2005 Metro:: Kean
New England: Wheaton (MA)
Southern: Franklin & Marshall
Upstate: Oswego State
2006 Metro:: New Jersey City
New England: Wheaton (MA)
Southern: Albright
Upstate: Ithaca
2007 Metro:: New York University
New England: Western New England
Southern: DeSales
Upstate: Vassar
2008 Metro:: Stevens Tech
New England: Newbury
Southern: Carnegie Mellon
Upstate: Brockport State
2009 Metro:: Lehman
New England: Becker
Southern: Washington & Jefferson
Upstate: Hartwick
2010 Metro:: Baruch
New England: Elms
Southern: Penn State-Behrend
Upstate: Ithaca
2011 Metro:: Stevens Tech
New England: Brandeis
Southern: Lebanon Valley
Upstate: Hobart
2012 Metro:: Mount Saint Mary
New England: Worcester Tech
Southern: Alvernia
Upstate: Cortland State
2013 Metro:: Old Westbury State
New England: Eastern Connecticut State
Southern: Juniata
2014 Metro:: Staten Island
New England: Johnson & Wales
Southeast: Stevenson
Southwest: Juniata
2015 Metro:: Staten Island
New England: Southern Vermont
South: Stevenson
2016 Metro:: New Jersey City
New England: Nichols
South: Neumann
2017 Stockton
2018 Widener
2019 Brandeis
2020 Gwynedd Mercy
2021 No tournament
2022 Rutgers-Newark
2023 Alfred
2024 Juniata

References

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